Alfred hopton



UNiTEDj ASTATES PATENT OFFICE.v

MEANSv Fon FixlNo RUBBER TmEsoNvwHEEL's.

ALERED noProN, onY LoNDoN, ENGLAND;

sPEcIFIcATmNfoming-part of Letters Patent No. 604,862, dated may 31, 1898.

" Application nai rennary 5,1897. sesamo. 622,142. on man.)

To. ctllwhomit may concern:

- Beit known that I, ALFRED HoPToN, coach iro'nmongem a Subject of the' Queen of lGreat Britain vand Ireland; anda resident O124Eus ton road, Loudon, England, have iuveuted'a certain -new and useful Improved `Method of .and'Means' for Making and Fixing Rubber Tires to Wheels, of which the followingis-a specification.

My invention consists-cfa rubbertire fo Wheels of carriages and' the like which is ca- '.pable of being readily and `securely fixed to than the upper part, but soV that it is. su di! lfixed to the wheel.

l of the tire together and keeping them seot a section of the said. tire.

a wheel and Without vthe aid of special ma chinery for that purpose.

I take any ordinary section of rubber tires which maybe used, but by p reference make the tirewith `the base of aharder substance Figure 1 is a section of:a tiremade accord-v ing to my invention and showing the 'saine secured to the wheel. Fig. 2 is another view Figs. 3 and 4 are views showing modeof bringing the ends curely xed.

A is that part of the tire made of rubber osuitable kind. y

'B is the part which. is by preference hard;

.cned by vulcanizing o other method.

n C is the groove or channeliunning the enf tire length ofthe tireof suitable shape and site toadmit the bead and neck of a bolt D, so thatthe bolt D will move freelyalong the groove or channel.

. In fitting ,the tire to the wheel4 vI- vuse any steel or iron channelsforvrims, preferably nearly square-sided, and attach these to the wheel in any suitable manner." To x 'the tire in the metal channel or rim, I place in the hole in the wheel and metal channel or rim and tighten it with a nut F, preferably with a slotted head, and which .may be burred over on the outside to insure against thepossibility of its becoming loose.lv After securing this bolt I pull the tire and bring the next bolt to the hole already made to receive it Vand I :ix it -as previously described.- I proceed in this wayall around the rim, and on reaching the ends or joint where vthe two remaining bolts are to be fixed Iplace in .the groove of the tire, partly in eachv end of it, a slotted plate' or washer G aud slide therein the two bolts'H and J, which have been temporarily' removed for that purpose. I then insert these bolts into the correspondingholes in the wheel.

y and metal channel or rim and by tightening up alternately in the manner previously described I draw the ends together and obtainA a firm, clean, and 'streng joint. Y

Having now described my inventiomwhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,- is

In a wheel for a vehicle, a tire constructed of suitable material, provided with a groove throughout its lengtlnand slot to' accommo-` date the head and pin of a bolt, in combina-1 tion with a wheel-rim made to conform in shape to the tire, and providedwith holes to receive the bolts, the slotted plate G, and the bolts I I and J arranged in the ends of the tire, substantially as described. In'witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand iu presence of two witnesses.

ALFRED HOPTON.

Witnesses:v i

ALFRED FORDHAM, WILLIAM ALEXANDER. 

